Flight engineer Chris Cassidy demonstrates how you cut your hair whilst on the
International Space Station

"I'm going to go out on a limb here and get the full-on Luca Parmitano look for the hatch-opening ceremony," he said

Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano, Karen Nyberg and Fyodor Yurchikhin, who docked with the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-09 on May 28, were greeted by Mr Cassidy, who was now sporting a bald head and goatee similar to Mr Parmitano's.

The team at Mission Control was quick to notice the astronaut’s shaved pate and sent the crew a wanted poster to look for the missing hair.

This was not the first time Mr Cassidy displayed a tonsorial sense of humour aboard the Space Station. He sported an exaggerated fake moustache when he first arrived on the station, much to the delight of Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield, who has a real moustache.